Prepare for Your Surgery program for people with frailty
Patient's Database: Prepare for Your Surgery Program
This program gathers medical and frailty information and provides pre-surgery preparation for adults identified as frail who are scheduled for elective surgery at Hospital Clínico UC-Christus.
Quick facts
| Study type | Observational |
|---|---|
| Enrollment | 120 (estimated) |
| Ages | 18 Years and up |
| Sex | All |
| Sponsor | Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Academic / other |
| Locations | 2 sites (Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan and 1 other locations) |
| Trial ID | NCT06857981 on ClinicalTrials.gov |
What this trial studies
This observational database enrolls patients referred to the Prepare for Your Surgery program and systematically collects demographic, clinical, and perioperative data. Standardized frailty, cognitive, functional, and comorbidity instruments (for example CFS, FRAIL, FRIED, MoCA/Mini-Cog, Barthel, Charlson) are recorded along with hospitalization details and planned interventions. A nurse navigator carries out screening and coordinates a seven-stage preparation program delivered in person or online, with at least four weeks available before the scheduled elective operation. The dataset is intended to support tailored perioperative care and inform future interventions for frail surgical patients in Chile.
Who should consider this trial
Good fit: Adults referred to the program who are classified as frail (CFS ≥ 4, FRAIL, FRIED phenotype, or surgeon judgment) and have at least four weeks before elective surgery at Hospital Clínico Red de Salud UC-Christus.
Not a fit: Patients requiring emergency surgery, those having elective surgery at another hospital, or those unable to comply with the program interventions are unlikely to benefit from this program.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, the program could help tailor preoperative care to reduce complications, shorten hospital stays, and improve recovery for frail surgical patients.
How similar studies have performed: Similar prehabilitation and frailty-screening programs internationally have shown promising reductions in postoperative complications and length of stay, though evidence remains limited in Latin America.
Eligibility criteria
Show full inclusion / exclusion criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients referred to the Prepare for Your Surgery program * Patients characterized as frail according to the Clinical Frailty Scale (score ≥ 4), FRAIL scale or FRIED frailty phenotype or the clinical judgment of the referring surgeon, with at least 4 weeks to receive surgery * Elective surgery to be performed at Hospital Clinico Red de Salud UC-Christus Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who will not undergo elective surgery at Hospital Clínico Red de Salud UC-Christus. * Patients who require emergency surgery * Patients who for various reasons cannot comply with the interventions proposed for this preparation.
Where this trial is running
Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan and 1 other locations
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile — Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile (Not_yet_recruiting)
- Red de Salud UC Christus — Santiago, Chile (Recruiting)
Study contacts
- Principal investigator: Victor Contreras, MSN — Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
- Study coordinator: Victor Contreras, MSN
- Email: vecontre@uc.cl
- Phone: +56955049217
How to participate
- Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
- Visit the official trial page on ClinicalTrials.gov for the most current contact information and recruitment status.
- Contact the listed study coordinator or principal investigator to request pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.